(2016)
Kimberly Boyle v. Adler and Associates Entertainment, LLC
Plaintiff Boyle alleged she entered into a Screenplay Option Purchase Agreement with Defendant Charis Feeney Orchard. Under the terms of the Option Agreement, Charis paid Boyle $500 for a one-year option to purchase the Screenplay. In order to execute the option and purchase the Screenplay, the purchase price was set at an amount equal to 3% of the final budget of the picture, with a minimum payment of $125,000 and maximum payment of $250,000.
Boyle learned that even though Charis had not paid the purchase price of $125,000 set forth in the Option Agreement, Charis had indeed produced a motion picture based on Boyle’s screenplay without ever notifying her.